Stove



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No. 571,878. Patented Nov. 24, 1898.

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UNITED STATES PATENT einen.

LEWIS IV. HEMI), OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 571,878, dated November24, 1896. Application filed June 22, 1896. Serial No. 596,473. (Nomodeld To all whom t may concern,.-

Beit known that I, LEWIS WV. HEMP, of the city of St. Louis, State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stoves,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to stoves; and it consists in the novelconstruction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter shown,described, and claimed.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved stove, partly in section.Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional. view transversely through Jthe top ofthe stove and approximately on the indicated line 2 2. Fig. 3 is a frontelevation of the hot-blast damper and spark-arrester of which I makeuse. Fig. i is a rear elevation of the parts shown in Fig. Fig. 5 is afront elevation of a casting of which I make use. Fig. G is a verticalsectional view through one of the stove-legs, illustrating the means ofsupporting the foot-rest.

In the construction of my improved stove the sheet-metal body isattached to the sheet-metal bottom 11 in the usual manner, and loops 12are attached to the bottom 11 and forni seats for the upper ends of thelegs 13. The lining 14 is inserted inside of the body l0 and is somewhatsmaller than said body 10. The upper edge 15 of the lining 14 is iiaredoutwardly to t tightly against the inner surface of the body 10, and isdesigned to engage said body 10 a slight distance below the upper edgethereof.

The sheet-metal top 16 is large enough to cover the opening in the upperend of the body 10, and a iiange 17 projects downwardly from the edge ofsaid top and is designed to tit closely within the upper end of the body10. The lower edge 18 of the flange 17 is turned inwardly and designedto iit closely wit-hin the upper edge 15 of the lining la.

In the front part of the top 16 is an opening 19, in which is insertedthe thimble 20, and said thimble is designed to receive the iiange 21projecting downwardly from the cover In the rear part of the top 1G isinserted the thimble 23, designed to receive the lower end of thestovepipe. A piece'of strap-iron 2i is placed transversely under the top16, and is attached thereto by means of the rivet 25. The ends 26 of thestrap 2i are turned downwardly inside of the ilange 17, and stovebolts27 are inserted through the upper edge of the body 10, then through theiiange 17, and then through the downwardly-turned ends 2G of the strap2i for the purpose of holding the top securely in position. A

In the front side of the body 10 and near the lower end thereof is thedraft-opening through the lining 14C and the body 10, and the rear endof the thiinble 23 is attached to the body 10 around said opening. A.castiron thiinble 29 is inserted in said draft-opening from the insideof the stove, and the iiange 30 engages the edge of the lining 1i aroundsaid opening and presses it against the inner surface of the body 10.Stove-bolts 31 are inserted through the body 10, then through the lining14, and then through the ears 32 projecting from said iiange 30, andhold said thiinble 29 firmly in position within the draft-opening.

The hot-blast damper and spark-arrester 33 is designed to close thefront end of the thimble 2S. In the construction of said hot-blastdamper and spark-arrester I employ the two disks 3-1 and 35, the edges36 and 37 of which are turned toward each other as required to form thespace 33 between said disks. The thimble 39 is designed to iit closelywithin the front end of the thimble 2S, an d upon its outer end is aiiange 40, designed to lit against the inner surface of the edge 37 of thedisk 35, and the extreme outer edge al of the disk 34 is turned over theedge 37 and over the edge of the flange i0 and downwardly behind saidflange 110, as required, to hold the disks 34c and 35 and the thiinble39 securely together. Below the center of the disk 35 is an opening 42in said disk, and above the center of the disk 34 is an opening L13 insaid disk 3l. A disk a is designed to operate within the space 3Sbetween the disks 3i and 35 and has an opening 45 above its center andcorresponds to the opening 453. A 'stove boltor rivet 46 is fixed in thecenter of the disk 3l, and the disk 44 is loosely mounted upon the innerend thereof.

A handle 4S is attached to the outer surface.

of the disk 34 and directly below the opening 43 and is designed to bemanually engaged when it is desired to remove the thimble 39 from thethimble 2S or replace said thimble.

Upon each side of the stove is a foot-rest 49, supported by the posts50. Said posts are attached at their upper ends to the underside of thefoot-rest 40 by means of the bolts 5l. In the shoulders 52 of thestove-legs are apertures 53, and upon the lower ends of the posts 50 arehooks 54, designed to be inserted in said apertures 53. Upon the insidesof the legs and above the openings 53 are strengthening-lugs 55,designed to be engaged by the points of thc hooks 54, and projectingdownwardly from the posts 50 are lugs 5G, designed to engage against theouter surface of the shoulders 52 and below the apertures 53.

In the practical operation of my improved stove the fuel is inserted byremoving the cover 22. The draft is regulated by manipulating the handle47 and Opening and closing the opening 43. I wish to call especialattention to the construction of the hot-blast damper andspark-arrester.

It will be noticed that the openings 42 and 43 are considerably out ofalinement with each other and that the disk 35 is imperforatc behind theopening 43. As the draft of air passes through the opening 43 it willstrike the outer surface of the disk 35 and be heated to some extentbefore passing into the opening 42 and into the stove. Sparks from thelire within the stove in flying outwardly through the draft-openingsurrounded by the thimble 29 will strike against the disk 35 above theopening 43, or if they pass through the opening 42 they will strike thedisk 44, but in no event will they pass outwardly through the opening43.

Another point to which I call especial attention is the construction bywhich the lining 14 may be removed and replaced at will. By removing thebolts 27 the top 16 and the flange 17 may readily be removed from thestove. Then by removing the bolts 3l the thimble 29 may readily beremoved from the draft-opening, and then the lining 14 is free to beremoved from the stove and a new lining may be substituted.

Another point of special importance is the manner of supporting thefoot-rest 49 by inserting the posts 50 into the openings 53 in the legs13, as hereinbefore described.

A stove of my improved construction possesses many points of superiorityover the stoves heretofore in use.

I claim- 1. In a stove, a sheet-metal body in a vertical position, thesheet-metal bottom 11 attached to said body 10, the lining 14 removablyinserted inside of the body 10, said lining having the outwardly-flaredupper edge 15 tting tightly Within and a slight distance below the edgeof said body 10, the sheetmetal top 16 covering the upper end of saidbody 10, the flange 17 projecting downwardly from the edge of said topand titting closely within the upper end of the body 10, the lower edge18 of said flange being turned inwardly and fitting closely within theupper edge 15 of the lining 14, the strap of iron 24 extendingtransversely under the top 16 and attached thereto by means of the rivet25 and having its ends 2G turned downwardly inside of the flange 17, andthe stove-bolts inserted through the upper edge of the body 10, thenthrough the flange 17, and then through the ends 26 for the purpose ofholding the parts securely in position, substantially as specified.

2. In astove, a hot-blast damper and sparkarrester, consisting of thedisk 34 having the opening 43 above its center, the disk 35 having theopening 42 below its center, the edges 3G and 37 of said disks beingturned toward each other as required to form a space between said disks,the thimble 39, the flange projecting outwardly from the outer end ofsaid thimble and engaging against the inner surface of the edge E37-ofthe disk 35, the outer edge 41 of the disk44 being turned over the edge37 and over the edge of the flange 40 and downwardlybehind said iiange40 as required to hold the disks 34 and 35 and the thimble 39 securelytogether, and the disk 44, having the opening 45 above its center,pivotally mounted between the disks 34 and 35, substantially asspecified.

In a stove, the bottom 11, the loops 12 attached to said bottom, thelegs 13 inserted in said loops, said legs having the apertures 53. thefoot-rest 49, the posts attached to said foot-rest by means of the bolts51, the hooks 54 upon the lower ends of said posts and removablyinserted in said apertures 53, the strengthening-lugs 55 upon said legs13 in position to be engaged by said hooks, and the lugs 56 extendingdownwardly from said posts 50 and engaging the outer surface of the legs13 below the apertures 53, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEWIS W. HEME lVitnesses:

S. G. WELLS, MAUD GRIFFIN.

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